People affected by floods in Odisha, East India, face a shortage of safe drinking water with many forced to boil flood water. Fears over wa...

A top U.N. official announced an increase in the humanitarian appeal for Pakistan to $816 million, from $160 million, amid rising deaths fr...

Most monsoon diseases are treatable and can be managed with appropriate hydration, antibiotics & supportive treatments.

While appreciating the Pushkar Singh Dhami government for taking timely action, Shah directed state officials to plan in a manner so that t...

The losses due to the rain-fury in Kolhapur are estimated approximately at Rs 243 crore and the process of assessment of damages is still u...

Rajesh Bhushan, secretary (health), said, “Public health challenge already posed by the Covid-19 pandemic may be compounded due to direct i...

UNICEF reported a significant delay in planned vaccine deliveries due to lockdown measures and a dramatic reduction in the number of availa...

So far, 199 relief camps have been set up where 1.16 lakh people are taking shelter, the chief minister said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said there was no shortage of food in the state as traders had stocked up ahead of Onam, the state's...

Seven districts in Kerala have been severely affected by the intense floods.

The health desks would be opened as a part of the 10-week MDD control programme, launched from Friday at Chhatrapur.

"There is no epidemic of diarrheal disease in Jammu Province after the recent floods in the state," Director, Health Services (Jammu) Dr Ba...

TVS Motor has sent a team of 40 doctors and has already delivered 6.5 tonnes of medicines to the Military Hospital, Jammu and Kashmir

As flood waters start to recede in Srinagar, the region is faced with yet another challenge-- threat of an epidemic outbreak.

Authorities are now suspecting contamination of water resources in the area due to hundreds of decaying bodies spread across the valley.

In spite of several warnings by health officials and police, hundreds of people today continued to flock the Mahim beach in the city and ta...